00:01Election Commission EC Chairman Datuk Sri Ramlan Haroon said no by-elections will be
00:07held for the Pandan and Setia Wangsa parliamentary seats.
00:12He said Dehwan Rakyat Speaker Tanshri Johari Abdul had informed the EC, pursuant to Article
00:1854, subsection 1 of the Federal Constitution, that there was no need to fill the casual
00:24vacancies.
00:24Ramlan said the Commission received Johari's letter, dated May 20, confirming the status
00:31of the vacancies, which arose after the seats were declared vacant under Article 51 of the
00:38Federal Constitution.
00:39Johari had earlier announced that the resignations of former Economy Minister Datuk Sri Rafizi Ramli
00:45and former Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad took
00:52effect on Monday.
00:53Both resigned from PKR on May 17, stating that they would take over Parti Bersama Malaysia,
01:00Bersama, and launch a new third-force political movement.
01:04The following day, they resigned as Member of Parliament for Pandan and Setia Wangsa, respectively.
01:11They have also said they intend to contest the two seats under the Bersama banner in the
01:16next general election.
01:17Mandat yang kami menang di atas tiket PKR dan PH dahulu.
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